Burnley manager Brian Laws called his side ‘complacent’ after they allowed a two-goal lead to slip with mounting a second-half comeback to secure victory.

Arriving at Turf Moor unbeaten in seven games, Leeds looked set for their first defeat since October after conceding first-half goals to Brian Easton and Jay Rrodriguez.

But Max Gradel and Luciano Becchio levelled in the second half, before Jonathan Howson claimed a late winner.

Stunner: Jonny Howson grabbed a superb winner for Leeds

‘We talked at half-time about what the problems and issues might be
in the second half and one of the things you do stress is not to be
complacent,’ said Laws, whose Burnley side were booed off at the final
whistle.

‘We hadn’t won the game at that stage and maybe one or two of our
players thought we had. There was a bit of complacency in there and
that’s not good enough.’

Full-back Easton had broken the deadlock when he bustled the ball
over the line from close range, after Andre Bikey had headed Rross
Wallace’s corner goalwards.

And Rodriguez doubled Burnley’s lead by running on to Clarke
Carlisle’s clearance from his own area, out-muscling Alex Bruce before
finishing with a low drive past Kasper Schmeichel.

Leeds’ fightback began six minutes into the second half, when winger
Robert Snodgrass burst down the right before crossing to the far post,
where Becchio headed back for Gradel to score.

Burnley should have settled the issue five minutes later, when Wade
Elliott crossed from the right and picked out Chris Iwelumo unmarked in
the penalty area, but his header flew wide — a miss which provided
extra momentum for the Leeds fightback.

Howson was instrumental in the equaliser, putting full-back Paul
Connolly clear in the box and his cross was converted by Becchio at the
far post.

And Howson secured victory with a shot from the edge of the box,
although it took a late save from Schmeichel to prevent John Guidetti
equalising.

Leeds boss Simon Grayson said: ‘We believed at half-time that we could still get into the game.

'We needed to do the ugly side a little bit better in terms of closing Burnley down and making more tackles.